WEBVTT WE ARE FOLLOWING A SHOOTINGTONIGHT INVOLVING A SACRAMENTOCOUNTY SHERIFF STEPHANIE.IT HAPPENED ON 50 3RD AVENUENEAR CENTER DRIVE.KELLIE: TOM MILLER IS THERELIVE.WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED?TOM: A WOMAN WAS HERE INSIDE HERHOME WHEN SHE SAW HEREX-BOYFRIEND SHOW UP AT THEHOUSE.SHE HAS A RESTRAINING ORDER A ONHIM.-- ORDER ON HIM.SHE CALLED DEPUTIES AND IT LEDTO AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING.THIS IS IN SOUTH SACRAMENTO.WHAT SHARE STUDIES TELL US IS,WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED, THEY SAWTHE SUSPECT WALKING AWAY.THE WOMAN HAD REPORTED THAT HEHAD A GUN IN HIS WAISTBAND.SO HE ENDED UP GOING INTO A HOMETHAT HE OCCUPIES HERE.IT IS A VACANT HOME.FOR DEPUTIES WENT INTO THE HOMEAND THEY WERE ESSENTIALLYCHASING AFTER HIM.THEY DIDN'T SEE HIM WHEN HEFIRST ENTERED THE HOME.WHEN DEPUTY OPENED UP THE CLOSETDOOR AND SAW THE SUSPECTSSTANDING THERE.THAT IS WHAT IS DESCRIBED AS ASELF-DEFENSE ACTION.THE DEPUTY ENDED UP SHOOTING THEMAN IN THE SHOULDER.THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THEHOSPITAL WITH NONLIFETHREATENING INJURIES.DEPUTIES LATER LEARNED THAT HEDID NOT HAVE A WEAPON ON HIM.HOWEVER, THEY ARE STILLSEARCHING THE.IT HAS BEEN SEALED OFF NOW.THEY ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE IFHE EVER DID HAVE A WEAPON ONHIM.THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ISGOING TO BE INVESTIGATINGWHETHER PROPER PROTOCOL WASFOLLOWED BY THIS DEPUTY, WHOSHOT THE SUSPECT.THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ISALSO OUT HERE.THEY ARE LOOKING INTO IF PROPERPROTOCOL WAS FOLLOWED HERE ANDTHEY ARE TRYING TO DETERMINEWHAT KIND OF CHARGES THISSUSPECT SHOULD BE FACING LATERON.

A man found hiding in a closet was shot Tuesday night by a deputy in south Sacramento and subsequently arrested on domestic violence charges, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department said.

Kenard Thomas, 38, of Sacramento was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and was released later that night.

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The deputy involved was uninjured, the sheriff's department said.

Deputies initially received a 911 call from a woman about 7:30 p.m. who said her ex-boyfriend Thomas, whom she has a restraining order against, was outside her home in the 5200 block of 53rd Avenue with a handgun in his waistband, the sheriff's department said.

When deputies arrived, Thomas ran into a nearby vacant home that he occasionally lives in.

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Four sheriff's deputies went into the home, didn't immediately see Thomas and began searching the house. A deputy opened a closet door and found Thomas right in front of him.

The deputy, fearing for his safety, shot at Thomas and hit him in the shoulder, the sheriff's department said. No weapon was found on Thomas, officers said.

Thomas was booked into the Sacramento County Jail on charges of corporal injury on a spouse/cohabitant, stalking, resisting arrest and violation of a domestic violence restraining order. The domestic violence charges stem from an incident with the same victim a few weeks before, according to the sheriff's department.

Thomas is being held on $560,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned on Friday.

Sheriff’s investigators and the district attorney's office will conduct investigations to make sure the deputy followed proper protocol.

The officer involved in the shooting is a 4-year veteran of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department and is assigned to field services in the central division. The deputy was placed on paid administrative leave pending the investigation.